Broad Ripple High School - Riparian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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opened on October 2. The Museum is now billed as the largest children's museum in the nation. First Lady Betty Ford helped to celebrate the museunfs Grand Opening last night. Boy Scout Troop 73 improved the appearance of the grounds by transplanting trees. Among others, Rob McKay helped with the project. This is Barbara Loyd at the Michigan Street Overpass on the East Leg of the new downtown loop, which opened today fOctober 15l. The Inner Loop has finally given adequate support to Indianapolis' nickname 'The Crossroads of America! The 6-8 lane highway inter-links l65 and l7O, and will later link up with I69. The term 'Loop', though, is slightly misleading as the West Leg was not completed due to financial difficulties. The total cost was roughly 38.4 million per mile. This is Carl Stanglewood. The day is November 23, and l'm reporting from the Health Clinic at Broad Ripple High School on the far Northside. Fifty-four swine flu innoculations have been given to faculty members here today. This program, initiated by President Ford in the spring of '76 to help prevent an outbreak of the predicted swine flu epidemic, was offered to all Americans. bww ' a V! as This is Ron Rang at one of the many voting stations throughout the city on this November 2 election day. To a teenager, turning 18 means many thingsg being able to see any movie around, the responsibility of college coming up, and the eligibility to vote. Over 23 Broad Ripple students took advantage of this opportunity and cast their ballots on election day. Those who weren't of voting age sometimes helped the party of their choice by working at the polls. This has been Paul Adell with a BRHS review of the past year's events. And that's the way it was. S t ' i 3 2 . 'G .l l IT WON'T HURT A BIT, . . .says Mrs. Sylvia Coulon, school nurse, to Mrs. Sally Hack, math teacher, who gets ready for the shock of the needle. AROUND AND AROUND. . . Ronnella Lindsay and Bert Means celebrate the Grand Opening of the Children's Museum by riding on the merry-go-round there. Originally located in Broad Ripple Park, it plays the tune to Ripple's fight song Hail to Broad Ripple. Community! 19 sbs

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CASTLE OF CANS . . . Craig Von Foerster carefully places the 76th can from his collection of 400 to complete his display. 50215 'tw' Q Countdown to golden 65 hours From 3:00 Friday afternoon to 8:00 Monday morning is a 65 hour span. How did Ripplites occupy themselves during the long-awaited weekend? Giving an exact answer is like eating one Lay's potato chip. However, a generalized breakdown of this time with respect to the non-conformist follows: On Friday afternoon, whether relaxing after the labors of a big week in school or getting ready for a big night out, the hours flew by until the long awaited evening. Going to the game tonight? Students sat through many Rocket games on the hard, not to mention wet or splintery, bleachers. Afterwards, there was a mass migration to pizza and hamburger places to enjoy eating and gossiping about who went to the game with whom and who didn't go with whom. As the Saturday morning cartoons began showing at the break of dawn, some students enjoyed the luxury of sleeping through until noon, while others had to get up and trudge to work or slave around the house working for Mom. Those who could get away met at Broad Ripple Park for a game of touch football or cried and laughed through one of the 31.50 matinees at the Cinemas. One of the most popular Saturday afternoon home-away-from-homes was Glendale Shopping Center. Three kinds of hanger-outers existed: the bench-sitter, the mall-walker, and the pinball-addict. The bench-sitters watched the crowds go by and looked for friends to talk to. The mall-walkers strolled for hours just to say hi to other mall-walkers and bench-sitters. The pinball-addicts spent all their spare time in the Glendale Galleria playing pinball, so dedicated to the game of bumpers and bells that they i5- pj . Qs: b.v , 3 WY' Us ilifi ,rub K iw' is skipped lunch to save money for playing. NBC's Saturday night was not everyone's Saturday night. Although some stayed at home watching TV, others danced the night away at Ramada Inn or partied at a friend's house. Seeing movies, roller-skating, and bowling were other popular Saturday night activities. After church on Sunday morning, the remainder of the day often featured a re-run of Saturday with homework that had been put off until the last minute interrupting just as commercials do. True to the line As time goes on from Chicago's Color My World, the 65 hours of each weekend passed by, bringing class Monday morning with 127 hours to look forward to until the next weekend. Weekends! 21